Healthy Planet
Why Striking For Climate Change is Not About Wagging School
Dear people saying kids are ‘wagging school’ today to #strikeforclimate, They are not striking to ‘get a day off’ and they shouldn’t have to raise these issues ‘after hours’. The point of a strike is to use the power of your labour to raise an important issue. The point is to make people listen, to create…
Read MorePlanet Talks WOMADelaide 2019: All the Fishes in the Sea
Dr Jodie Rummer, one of the line-up at the fabulous Planet Talks in 2019 at WOMADelaide, is an Associate Professor at the Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University. She has had had six consecutive years of competitive ARC fellowships. Jodie also received the highly prestigious UNESCO –…
Read MoreWOMADelaide 2019: New Materials For Bio-Fabrication in Architecture
WOMADelaide 2019 is almost here and the Planet Talks are always a highlight. One of the lineup, Dr Michael Hornblow, is an interdisciplinary Artist and Senior Lecturer in Architecture and Design at the University of Tasmania. He has a broad background across film, video, intermedia, performance, and design, focusing on site-specific, ecological, social justice and…
Read More7 Ways You Can Help Our Planet
Living on our beautiful planet is so complicated. Our clever human brains have created so many amazing things, but the consumer-based society we have created, means that our lifestyle (and our greed) is destroying our home. People are starting to wake-up to this though, and we are excitingly seeing the next generation standing up and…
Read More7 Reasons Why You Should Feel Lucky You Have a Home
When things are not going well for you, or the world is seemingly conspiring against you, it is easy to feel dismal. Underneath all of that negativity, you can lose sight of what is good about your life. If you spend too much time listening and reading and watching, there is less time for simply…
Read MoreThe Top Sustainable Home Trends For 2019
Trends, the very word sends shivers down the collective backs of those of us who are trying to consume less, shop with purpose, and tread more lightly on the earth. The reason for this, is that trends are usually generated as a way to encourage you to consume, and to toss away things that are…
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